Coleman v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge:

Michael Leroy Coleman, hereinafter referred to as the defendant was charged, tried and convicted in the District Court, Tulsa County, Case No. CRF-77-2054, for the offense of Shooting With Intent to Kill, in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.1977, § 652, After Former Conviction of a Felony. His punishment was fixed at life imprisonment and from said judgment and sentence, an appeal has been perfected to this Court.

The State’s evidence established that on the evening of July 23, 1977, the victim, Katheryn Moore, was visiting on the porch of her apartment in Tulsa, with a neighbor,…